Extracted Surface Mayhem

[jrhagen]

Thank you in advance for any insight anyone can give me on this problem. I am trying to extract some surfaces from a model for use in design. My problem is that I am grabbing surfaces from two different models using two different coordinate systems, and when I paste them into my model they are not in the correct position. The two models use coordinate systems that rotated and translated in relation to each other. Is there a way to extract from one model and paste into another, but specifiing a different coordinate system for the paste command? I would give pictures to show what I am talking about, but I am unable to do that for this project.

 

[jrhagen]

Or is there a way to move a surface that has already been pasted into a model? I have a couple axis and surfaces modeled that I could use to align one of my surfaces, but cannot find any options for translating extracted surfaces. P.S. all surfaces were pasted without links

 

[Albigger]

Use the "axis-to-axis" transformation function in generative shape design workbench. It will let you translate/rotate objects from one axis to another.

--Jay

 

[Azrael]

As Albigger suggest, axis to axis transformation will help you now. But in the future create a context, new assembly and insert all part in their correct relative position, and then use extract in the assembly, this will give you an extraction with the positions in context.

 

[DBezaire]

jrhagen - Have you tried Paste Special - As result?

 

[jrhagen]

Here is an update. The paste special after placement in an assembly wouldn't work. That is the usual way I insert components with this program. All components are designed around a common axis system so you can just insert the component at the product level with no positioning required. Usually if that fails, I would use actual surface contraints, however the mounting configuration has not yet been designed for this component, just pipe and duct locations. In this case, I could not place the component in its correct location due to lack of information. I DID get this problem fixed tho by using the axis transformation tool. In the model I had received all the links were broken between bodies and the axis. After I added new constraints, I was able to import the correct axis from a different model and use the axis transformation tool. I finally have the model where I want it. I can insert it as a component with no positioning and it inserts in the correct place.

 

[jrhagen]

Thank you to everyone who helped me on this one.